The structure, which was the headquarters of Litherland Urban District Council, now functions as a health centre.
Following significant population growth, largely associated with its proximity to the Liverpool Docks, the area became an urban district in 1894.
[3][4] In the 1930s, civic leaders decided to commission a purpose-built town hall: the site they selected formed part of the open land alongside Field Lane which later became known as Hatton Hill Park.
[6][7] It was designed by Gerald de Courcy Fraser in the Italianate style, built in red brick with stone dressings at a cost of £20,000 and was officially opened by the chairman of the council, Councillor John Eaton in February 1941.
[9] The Beatles, having just returned from Hamburg, performed in front of a live audience of 1,500 enthusiastic fans at the town hall on 27 December 1960, in what is regarded by some commentators as the birth of Beatlemania.